Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers had a limited comparable sale, feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.38/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −145.17 against this barn's trailing median of $429.55.

Average price

$284.38

5 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.81

vs GA average

−14.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	285.48	1,560	4thin
Medium and Large 3	510	280.00	1,428	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $448.52, low $402.83, median $429.55 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

284.38

—

GA average14 barns · 427 hd

290.19

−5.81

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−14.88

This barn, trailing median3 sales

429.55

−145.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,395	151.95	2,120	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	908	100.50	913	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,255	$1,505	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	675	$675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Upson County Livestock - Thomaston, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,395	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,120	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	334.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	289.55/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	675	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	302.29/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	278.44/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,044	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	247.50/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	275.95/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	231.41/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	304.84/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	260.08/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	253.71/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	703	198.48/cwt	192.00–205.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	243.00/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	258.51/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,639	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,504.78/head	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	258.62/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	266.72/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,112	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	208.50/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	313.01/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	242.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	2

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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